Principal personalities: German, Soviet, British, French, Italian, Finnish, Japanese, Polish, Swedish, Swiss. -- The deadly embrace: The Biggest front line in history. -- The road of the Teutonic knights. -- My poor friend, what have you done? -- The one and only Colonel Beck. -- A new era in German-Soviet relations. -- Chestnuts out of the fire. -- I'll cook them a stew that they'll choke on. -- His smile of Siberian winter. -- Nitwits and nincompoops. -- The biggest bribe in history. -- Dinner at Ewest's. -- A quick failure or a slow one? -- From the Baltic to the Black Sea. -- Slow boat to Moscow. --

Military secrets in a smoke-filled room. -- The mark of death is stamped upon the Polish army's face. -- Something to think about. -- We want war. -- How do things stand with the idea of a non-aggression pact? -- With the Russians, we lose our soul. -- I have the world in my pocket. -- A very serious question. -- I have struck this weapon from the hands of those gentlemen. -- The pact is signed. -- A long and lasting treaty. -- Action and reaction. -- Have I ever in my life told a lie? -- No more Charlie Chaplin. -- Hitler's alibi. -- The great counter-attack. -- Death of a nation. --

The fourth partition. -- Is my signature clear enough for you? -- What then is called robbery? -- The ladies of St. Petersburg. -- Night train to Moscow. -- A tale of heroism. -- Lessons to be learned. -- Sealed in blood. -- A wide-open door to the east. -- A nordic hors d'oeuvre. -- The greatest war lord of all times. -- Two hunting dogs after the same bone. -- A long and dangerous mission. -- Otto, Fritz and Sea Lion. -- I will not let myself be overrun by the Russians. -- The hammer goes to Hitler. -- Uninvited guests. -- Barbarossa. -- The whole world will hold its breath. -- We will stay friends with you, whatever happens. -- The blind tool of Germany. -- The greatest deception operation in military history. -- I have sure information. -- You can't believe everything you read in intelligence reports. -- Pushing open the door to a dark room. -- Surely we have not deserved that. -- There are no invincible armies. --

Interviews and correspondence.

Maps: Europe in 1939, central and eastern Europe, Manchuria, Poland, Finland, Rumania and Bessarabia, Operation Barbarossa, 22 June 1941.